UT Dallas 2014 Graduate Catalog

PA6315 - Program Evaluation

PA 6315 (SOC 6315) Program Evaluation (3 semester credit hours) Techniques and analytical methods of assessing governmental and nonprofit program and policy success. Emphasis is placed on strategies for impact assessment, measuring efficiency, examining short-term and long-term consequences, identifying both intended and unintended impacts, and the social, political and ethical context of evaluation. (3-0) T